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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
3
The piece warns against a secret plan to relocate Milwaukee yards out of the city and calls for citizen vigilance. It urges supporting reasonable company improvements without removing property, stressing public safety and harmonious relations with the railroad, and suggests the company be fully transparent with the public.
Walter Wellman cites Senator Taylor, a Tennessee Republican, warning that Bryan could triumph only if Republicans neglect duty. The piece retells Taylor’s quip about a dying man wanting another doctor to capture the fiscal crisis.
The National Prosperity association of St. Louis announces its opening aims to accelerate recovery by preaching optimism and proving feasible plans. The new organization seeks to demonstrate that conditions are improving and to rally support for its pro growth message.
The National Prosperity association of St Louis urges citizens to restore confidence and accelerate a return to prosperity. It argues crops look favorable, railroads must prosper, and wages should stay high as business interests unite with press, manufacturers, bankers, and workers to spread optimism and rebuild the economy. It notes rainfall delays and a hopeful winter wheat outlook, stressing collaboration across industries.
A comic parade of failed overtures outlines a vice presidential selection saga. A governor declines an engagement, Fairbanks is approached, Fr F vaults through a window, a prominent colored man flees, Knox rejects with Nix, and Cannon hurries away. The committee hollers wires to passersby but yields no candidate.
Mrs Leslie Carter appears tomorrow evening in David Belasco's Du Barry at the La Crosse theater. Her performance in this dramatic role is described as a landmark of the modern stage, showcasing exceptional temperament and superior histrionic talent in a production noted for its big, thrilling climaxes.
A feature on fashionable accessories by May Manton describes three novel pieces for different occasions. The tailored set uses blue linen with pearl buttons and lace jabots, detailing front pieces, belt, cuffs, and collar portions. Material quantities and mailing pattern 5996 offered for ten cents plus postage.
A Tennessee widow learned her husband’s body had petrified after five years in the ground and sold it to a showman for 50. She says she would marry a rich man and buy Jim’s body back to use as a gatepost, keeping him near. The Kansas City Independent notes local sentiment treats the act as perhaps wrong but understandable.
Effie visiting the countryside watched farm chickens scratching around then ran to tell her mother to come see the fowls wiping their feet on the grass from a farmhouse porch, a moment captured in Harper's Weekly.
Charlie Rolfe travels to Belgrade seeking funds for Statham Broth ers mining venture and hopes to locate Maud Petrović. He meets Premier Nicolas Pashitch who cites British capital interest and confirms Petrovitch’s possible presence in Belgrade though offers no location. Rolls of fate widen as Marion’s disappearance and Maud’s safety loom over the inquiry.
An Irish sailor on a man of war is ordered to haul a long towline from the taffrail. After many fathoms he grumbles at the effort and laments a week of work for five men. He then jokes that someone must have cut off the other end of the line, provoking a startled response from the officer of the watch.
An Iowa journal editorial compares a confrontation with a vivid self glorifying pen picture from Everybody's Magazine. The piece mocks the editorial boast of heroism after a scuffle at a printing press.
Dr Griffin laments gratitude toward doctors and notes the rarity of public memorials for physicians. Mrs Golightly agrees, urging thoughts on cemeteries as a final tribute.
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